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The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 28th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.MRS. S. J. MANERMiss Monteen Stover, one of State's principal witnesses, elopes with S. J. Maner, a Savannah printer. Miss Monteen Stover, nineteen years old, a witness in the Frank trial around whose testimony the state's case largely pivoted, eloped with Samuel J. Maner, a Savannah printer, Saturday afternoon, and was married by Judge E. D. Thomas, of the municipal court, at 4:30 o'clock.Miss Stover's mother, Mrs. W. Edmondson, 171 South Forsyth Street, when informed of the marriage after the young couple had left for Savannah on a 5:30 o'clock train, became

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 30th June 1914,PAGE 6, COLUMN 2.Wife of Atlanta Lawyer Is Seeking to Obtain Separation and AlimonyThat Arthur Thurman, the lawyer indicted recently on a subornation of perjury charge growing out of the Frank Case, lived at the Ansley Hotel for some three months with a woman he introduced as his wife, was testified by Manager J. F. Letton, of the Ansley, in Judge Bell's Court Tuesday morning. The petition of Mrs. Mary J. Thurman for alimony, in connection with her divorce suit against Thurman, was being heard. Because the Ansley Hotel incident occurred after the date of

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 6th July 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Appeal From Motion to Set Aside Verdict to Be Heard in OctoberAttorneys for Leo M. Frank on Monday formally filed with the clerk of the Superior Court, the Bill of Exceptions, in the motion to set aside the verdict of the Jury on the grounds that Frank was not present when it was received. The clerk now has fifteen days in which to prepare the record and send the Case to the Supreme Court, which will review Judge Ben H. Hill's judgement in sustaining the state's demurrer to the motion.The other Frank

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 13th July 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 4.Negro Involved in Frank Case Asks Judge to Let Him Serve SentenceJim Conley, the Negro factory sweeper, convicted as accessory to the murder of Mary Phagan, wants to quit appealing and go to serving his sentence in the gang, according to a message he sent Judge Hill, of Superior Court, Monday. Judge Hill said he has received other verbal messages like this from Jim, through deputy sheriffs. Jim sent word he was tired of the jail and tired of waiting, and wanted to go to the gang.Judge Hill directed an investigation of

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 16th July 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and his assistant, E. A. Stephens, were busy Thursday on the State's brief on the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan. The State's brief will be filed in the Supreme Court during the day Thursday, and it is expected that the motion will be reached for argument before the Supreme Court of the State on next Monday.Thursday, 16th July 1914: State's Brief In Frank Case Being Prepared, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 20th July 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Decision on Bill of Exceptions May Not Be Made in Several WeeksThe Frank Case had its second inning in the State Supreme Court Monday when the Court heard argument on the bill of exceptions brought by Leo M. Frank to the action of Judge Ben H. Hill in overruling his extraordinary motion for a new trial. Little new in the way of argument was presented by either the attorneys for the state or defense. The defense sought to show evidence which came into its possession after Frank's trial was of such a

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 16th August 1914,PAGE 29, COLUMN 3.(Macon News.) Thomas E. Watson, who is fighting the inevitable re-election of Hoke Smith to the United States, is trying desperately to inject a religious issue into the campaign. Hugh Dorsey, who is supporting Joe Brown for the Senate, is seeking to drag into the campaign the ignoble prejudice engendered by the Frank trial. Joe Brown, who is opposing Hoke Smith for the Senate, is endeavoring to stir up strife between employer and employee, between the money men and the working class, between capital and labor. Isn't that a dainty dish to

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 1st September 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Alleging that he had another wife when he married her, Mrs. Mattie C. Sentell filed a petition in the Superior Court Monday to have her marriage with G. L. Sentell annulled. Miss Lily Dodd, of East Point, is named as the other wife.Sentell, once well known as the Frank Case witness who created a sensation at the coroner's inquest, by stating that he saw Mary Phagan on the street some time after the hour at which she was murdered, was served in the Fulton Tower with notice of the suit. He was

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 3rd October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Negro's Lawyer Declares He Has Sufficient Evidence to Support His New Opinion as to CaseNEGRO SWEEPER DID NOT CONFESS, SAYS ATTORNEYConley, in Chain Gang, Expresses Complete Surprise When Informed of Statement Made by His Counsel"I am convinced James Conley is the murderer of Mary Phagan," declared William M. Smith, counsel for the Negro, who worked in consistent harmony with Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey during the various phases of the case against Leo M. Frank. Mr. Smith states he has additional evidence to support his new opinion but declares this is not

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 4th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Attorney for State's Chief Witness Against Frank Gives Written Statement of His ConclusionsWilliam M. Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, Saturday night gave to the press a written statement, telling how he came to the conclusion that Conley, his client, is guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan and not Leo M. Frank, who has been convicted and sentenced for the crime. Mr. Smith's statement in full follows:The unfortunate publicity given my personal opinions as to the Frank Case, is much to be regretted. My personal opinion is not evidence and legally should

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 5th October 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 1."I Know Conley Too Well to Enter Into Controversy With Such an 'Expert Liar,'" He DeclaresWilliam M. Smith declined Monday to comment on the charge of his former client, Jim Conley, that he had been endeavoring to force a confession from Conley, further than to say: "I have had too much experience with Conley to enter into any controversy with such a versatile liar." Conley is said to have told Detectives Starnes and Campbell, sent out to question him by Solicitor Dorsey, that Mr. Smith had been trying to make him confess.

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 6th October 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 4.Appeal to Set Aside Verdict Will Be Heard on October 26. The last appeal in the Case of Leo M. Frank, the motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that the defendant was not in court at the time it was rendered, will be heard by the Supreme Court of Georgia, October 26. The Case has been pending some time and is almost certain to be heard then. It is generally expected that the high court's decision on the extraordinary motion, which was argued during August, will not be handed

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 8th October 1914,PAGE 17, COLUMN 5.Detectives Search Rubbish Piles in Rear of Forsyth Street SaloonChief of Detectives Newport Lanford has shrouded in mystery the results of a recent search of rubbish piles behind the saloon at 50 North Forsyth Street, where Jim Conley claims he went to drink a glass of beer after he had assisted Leo M. Frank in disposing of the murdered body of Mary Phagan. Bartenders at Fisher's saloon say that the head of the detective department, with a number of other men, visited the saloon after 11 o'clock, one night last week, and

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 9th October 1914,PAGE 20, COLUMN 4.Woman Asks That Transfer Between Rev. C. B. Ragsdale and Self Be VoidedDeclaring he misrepresented the value of land and other property to her, and that she trusted him as a minister of the Gospel, and so allowed herself to be defrauded, Mrs. Ollie Cain has filed suit in the Superior Court, asking that property transfers between herself and Rev. C. B. Ragsdale be declared null and void.Mr. Ragsdale, it will be remembered, figured sensationally in the Frank Case when he claimed he heard Jim Conley confessing the murder of a white

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 12th October 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Adjournment Taken to Give Solicitor Dorsey Time to Prepare BriefTo permit Solicitor General Dorsey to devote his whole time to the preparation of a brief for the hearing before the Supreme Court, October 26, of the motion to set aside the verdict which found Leo M. Frank guilty of murder, the Criminal Division of the Superior Court adjourned Monday for a week or longer. Solicitor Dorsey said the brief would be voluminous and required much work. It will contain the State's contentions that the verdict was sound and legal, as opposed to

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 15th October 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.Judge Hill's Denial of Extraordinary Motion Upheld By Supreme CourtIn a decision handed down Wednesday afternoon, the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the decision of Judge Benjamin H. Hill in denying the extraordinary motion of Leo M. Frank for a new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence. The decision of the State's highest tribunal, denying Frank a new trial, leaves the man convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan in the basement of the National Pencil factory on April 26, 1913, with only one more chance in the Courts. The

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 24th October 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 2.Solicitor Dorsey Cites Decision in Case of Cawthon vs. the State, 119 Ga., 413. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and Ed A. Stephens, his assistant, completed Saturday afternoon the State's brief on the motion to set aside the verdict in the Leo M. Frank Case. Attorney General Warren Grice, who will represent the State jointly with Solicitor Dorsey, at the hearing of the motion Monday before the Supreme Court, will have his brief prepared later Saturday afternoon.Frank's main contention, as set out by his Attorneys, Tye, Peeples & Jordan, and Haas &

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 25th October 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 4.Defense Motion to Set Aside Verdict Will Be HeardThe last appeal in the Case of Leo M. Frank, the motion to set aside the verdict of guilty on the ground that it is illegal because Frank was not present in the Court room when it was rendered, will be argued on a demurrer before the Supreme Court of Georgia Monday. Their briefs have been prepared and the Attorneys for both the state and the defense say that they are ready to proceed with the Case.When the motion was brought in the Superior

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 26th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Effort Made to Set Aside Verdict Because He Was Not Present at ReadingFor three hours and fifteen minutes, the State Supreme Court, Monday morning, listened to arguments for and against Leo M. Frank's motion to set aside the verdict of guilty in his case, which motion had been overruled by Judge B. H. Hill. The members of the Supreme Court who heard the arguments were Chief Justice Fish and Associate Justices Hill and Atkinson. Frank was represented by Tye, Peeples & Jordan, Herbert Haas, Leonard Haas, and Harry A. Alexander. Solicitor General

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 27th October 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27, 1914.Eddie Elder vs. State; from Fulton. Jim James vs. State; from Fayette. Leo M. Frank vs. State; from Fulton. Walter Burton vs. State; from Lee. Curlie Montgomery vs. State; from Lee. Frank Northfoot vs. State; from Early. Burett Hickman vs. State; from Fulton. W. A. Wright, Comptroller General, vs. Union Tank Line Company; from Fulton. H. S. Murrey vs. City of Tifton; from Tift.Tuesday, 27th October 1914: Supreme Court Of Ga. Argued And Submitted., The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 30th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.The Fulton County Grand Jury, which adjourns on Saturday, has rested its probe of the alleged fake bond scandal with the indictment of three men on a charge of forging bonds, but the next Grand Jury is expected to take up an exhaustive investigation of criminal bonds, a number of which are said to be forgeries and consequently worthless. Three men who have been indicted by the present Jury are Emmett Blount, a lawyer, against whom a similar indictment was brought during the bond probe of a year ago; C. C. Tedder,